The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-10-20
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L. p. L.. Fairmont Springs Pa-NTy husband
died Oct. 20 1881. / applied for pension June s,
1883, which was allowed to date back to fling of
application. failed to date my application back
to bis death. My eldest was IS years Of age at
his fathers death. Can draw anything for him
My husband served more than three years. and
his death caused by disease contracted in
line OF duty, from which he suffered continually
afterward. After his death applied for half pen
sion, which received. but clearly entitled to
full Can recover more? AHSlCsr. You
titled to pension from the date you filed your
claim The arrears act expired June so, 1880, and
since that date claims commence only from the
date of fling in the Pension Office. There are no
exceptions nor can any back pension be allowed in
claims fled after June so 1885, Only in case Of the
| repeal of this act would your claim be allowed to
/ date back to your husbands death. Your son
being over is years of age when you fled your
claim, you can draw nothing for him. You cannot
| probably recover anything additional account
| and closed.
n. T., PerrysviIe H1d-I A borrows money OF
y and refuses to pay it back at appointed time. A
being pensioneT, can through any legal process
| have AS pension stopped? 2. Do they drop pen
s1gcr. l. There is power earth that could stop
| a pension for such a cause. 2. No
G. T., Bartlett, Neb.-1 Can a horse purchased
with pension money be taken for debt even though
there is a chattel mortgage? 2. In the case Of q
homestead which has been allowed TO revert to the
Government wherein a man sells it to a soldier
and states that he is acting as the agent of the
original owner, will the soldier be entitled 10 re-
tain it? Ans1Cer. I. The fact that the horse was
purchased with pension money would not have
any bearing upon the matter, because it would be
subject to legal process just the same as horse
bought with any other money. 2. Your question
Is entirely too vngue. If you will state the case
clearly we will endeavor to reply
1 -,-.-A is drawing pension. Has been
married 81 years but his marriage record is lost and
the witnesses dead In he dies before his wife,
how should she proceed TO get pension? ARsiger.
The right of the widow, far as the marriage is
concerned, could be proved by witnesses who have
known them the longest period, showing that they
/ have lived and cohabited together as man and
| wife. This, in the absence Of better testimony,
would be accepted by the Pension Office. OF course
the widows title to pension depends upon the fact
| that the soldier died of cause that originated
| in the service and in line Of duty.
4 j. @. s., Idaho, Ter.-Has the Delaware tribe of
Indians become extinct? AassCer. The Delaware
tribe is not extinct but has separate reseryar
ton. Under the provisions of the 18th Article Of
the Cherokee Treaty of July 49, 1866 GA Stat SO3
/ an agreement was entered into between the Della
| wares and the Cherokee Nation April s. 1867 by
/ the terms of which they were Incorporated with
the Cherokee Nation If you will furnish the Office
| of Indian Affairs with the names Of the persons
| relative to whose rights heirs of Delaware In
1 "A
ment of all the facts I'm the matter showing their
relationship TO the Indians, their history where
abouts etc, that Office will furnish you with the
/ 8. w. Shepherd Mich.-A comrade having lost
his hospital record desires to know how to proceed
/ TO get record OF his treatment in hospital. IN
Information from the hospital records of the
/ Government not furnished the claimant or his
\ attorneys. The Commissioner of Pensions in each
case calls upon the SuTgeon-General for a report
showing for what disability the applicant was
treated while In the hospital alleged, and that
| report is furnished TO the Commissioner Of PEN
sions. If it shows that the soldier treated for
| the disability set up In his claim for pension then
| he is not required to furnish evidences OF medical
treatment in the service but If the hospital records
do not show him to have been treated for the dsa-
bility claimed, then he is called upon 10 furnish
| the testimony of his RegimentaI Surgeon, etc.
| j. ". a., MuscGtine, IO,CG.-Only one land war
rant be issued for the services of a soldier If
\ the father has received il you cannot secure an
other. The heirs OF soldiers are not entitled TO any
/ land warrant where one has been issued in satis-
| faction of the services of the soldier.
j. ". LOttdORriiie, Owe presume It win not in
terfere with your pension. but that is matter you
should inquire into. Write to the State authorities
and submit that question TO them, to be salts
| fed before you apply for State aid.
| H. A. ID. b., AiddspOrt GA mother, who was
| pcnsioned, died. leaving balance due her of ST
| accrued pension also, debt. The father is still
living and Substitute. There are no minors. Can
he receive this balance, and can he also be con-
| tinued pensioner for the amount the mother was
\ drawing? AaStVer. The accrued pension that was
due the mother at the date of her death can only
De collected under tne provisions OF section 4ll5,
which provides that where pensioner dies leaving
insufficient assets TO pay the expenses of last sick
ness and burial, that the money due as pension
can be applied to the payment OF said debts, to
reimburse such person bore the expenses of last
1 sickness and burial. No more be paid than
| was due the peusioner. The same pension that
was due the mother be continued TO the father,
viz, sl2 per month, and wonld commence from
| date when his application for pension is fled.
| j. r. d.. Orange Valley, ". J.-It will be neees-
| sary for You to furnish testimony from two per-
| sons who were aware Of your physical condition
| while you at home and away from your
| regiment. Testimony of comrades would not cover
| the point. What Ia desired is that the Adiutant-
General should be able to satisfy himself that from
| the date when you left the regiment to the date
| when 10 discharged you were physically un-
able 20 Tejoin or TO report to the nearest military
| post.
1 C. A. O., Boston, Mdss-How long can allow my
! pension to remain undrawn without mourning the
| danger of being dropped from the rolls? AHSiUer.
! Failure to draw pension for three years would
cause the pensioners name to DO dropped from the
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